BSc (Hons) CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

Our course combines a wide range of elements to provide you with a strong academic grounding. We’ll also introduce you to related areas of study, linking them to how you can apply your knowledge to working with children or other groups.

The course includes all the core material you’ll need for accreditation by the British Psychological Society through modules shared with our other BSc Psychology courses. However, the course has a particular focus on developmental psychology - the study of how thinking and behaviour changes through life.

You’ll develop your knowledge and understanding of the needs and experiences of children and young and older people from cognitive, social, emotional and cultural perspectives.

Key to many careers and employers - you will also develop thinking skills, including analysis and interpretation of evidence, scientific reasoning, critical thinking, and appreciation of multiple perspectives and approaches. Furthermore, other skills for life and work will include communications, computer literacy (including statistical software), interpersonal and group-work skills, self-knowledge and reflexivity, and planning and time-management (under the broad knowledge base of ‘mental wealth’).

Your degree in Child Psychology will be your first stage in becoming a professional psychologist, whether in the field of educational, counselling, clinical, health, forensic or occupational psychology.

If you choose to specialise in these areas, your next step will be to do postgraduate training at master’s or PhD level.

We’ll provide you with a clear potential route into professional psychology. But this degree – with its strong, practical elements – will also strengthen your profile if you decide to pursue a career in a range of related areas of work.

These areas will be those involving children, babies or adolescents.

This opens up a wide variety of careers to you such as teaching, counselling work with young people or families, social work, youth work, nursery management, speech and language therapy or other careers in the field of education.

As well as covering specific areas of psychology, counselling and early childhood studies, the BSc (Hons) Child Psychology degree provides training in data collection and analysis, communication skills and report writing, ICT skills and interpersonal awareness.

It therefore offers you an excellent basis for developing a career in areas not directly related to psychology.

FROM
A LEVEL
Must include passes at A2 in at least two subjects.
FROM
BTEC
Extended Diploma or Diploma
FROM
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
Diploma with 25 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.